EntityQ1599615· pop 6· linked from 12 articlesMelvin LaxSign in to saveAmerican physicist (1922–2002)ConnectionsBell LabsEntityNew York CityCityNew JerseyEntitylaserEntityMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyEntitydigital object identifierEntitytheoretical physicsEntityAmericansEntityNew York UniversityEntityWillis LambEntitybibcodeEntityNational Academy of SciencesEntitysolid-state physicsEntitymolecular physicsEntitystochastic processEntitySyracuse UniversityEntityAmerican Academy of Arts and SciencesEntityquantum opticsEntityCity College of New YorkEntityAmerican Physical SocietyEntityCategories1922 births2002 deaths20th-century American physicistsCity College of New York facultyFellows of Optica (society)Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesFellows of the American Association for the Advancement of ScienceFellows of the American Physical SocietyMassachusetts Institute of Technology alumniMembers of the United States National Academy of SciencesNew York University alumni